If your facility handles, transfers, packages or processes dust-producing materials or powders, you could face an explosion risk from combustible dust. A dust explosion occurs when a confined and ...

To determine the most effective combustible dust hazard mitigation approach for new and existing dust collection system installations, a dust hazard analysis (DHA) conducted by a qualified person ...

PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chilworth Technology, Inc. (Chilworth) announced today that its dust explosion testing and Process Safety Management services will help all process manufacturing ...

My friend and outstanding combustible dust (and more) expert Tim Myers of Exponent shared the following: The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is set to publish the first edition of NFPA 652 ...

Dust explosions and fires plague many workplaces and industries. Under the right conditions, dust from metals, foods, paper, polymers, and wood can explode and cause injury and death. For the first ...

OSHA put its Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program into place over 10 years ago. Since then, new NFPA standards on combustible dust have been issued, OSHA’s plan for a comprehensive Combustible ...

As woodworkers, we have a responsibility to manage our wood waste. The NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) 664 standard, “Wood processing and Woodworking Facilities,” has been around for years ...

Over the last few years we have witnessed the expansion of additive manufacturing using 3D printers from utilization as a prototyping tool to increasing implementation on the plant floor. The rapid ...

With encouragement from labor unions and members of Congress, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration last week took the first step to formally regulate combustible dust by publishing an ...

Just days into his post as the Imperial Sugar Co.'s chief executive, John Sheptor was touring the company's Port Wentworth, Ga., refinery when a blast knocked him back about 100 feet to the floor.

If your facility handles, transfers, packages or processes dust-producing materials or powders, you could face an explosion risk from combustible dust. If your facility handles, transfers, packages or ...